Hi, yes, sorry, I know I haven’t written a blog about training camp yet, my apologies…but it will come! Right now I need to write about what just happened.
So I’m sitting here in the cute little Stomping grounds coffee shop writing thank you cards…(YES I KNOW IM SO LATE IN WRITING THESE BACK TO ALL OF YOU AMAZING PEOPLE BUT BELIEVE ME IM THANKFUL FOR EVERY PENNY THAT HAS BEEN DONATED!!!! EVERY SINGLE ONE!)
Okay anyways, I’ve been blown away by the generosity of others. This “adopt a box” fundraiser has done nothing but open my eyes to the kindness God continues to show me through other people’s hearts. Awesome sauce is what I’d describe it as for lack of a better word… just total and complete awesome sauce.
I’ve been completely broken and humbled sitting here in this coffee shop.
I logged onto my fundraising page to just see where I was at, for my next deadline of 10,000 is in like uhhh two weeks…haha…kinda terrifying. So here I am just scrolling through it, about to log off, when I see it. Why hadn’t I seen this the other day? I don’t know, I must’ve been too scattered and worried to even notice it? Who knows? But, nonetheless it was there, staring me in the eye. Anonymous, it read, $500. I literally started weeping. I’m sure the person sitting across from me thought my fish must’ve just died or something because it was that mascara running down my face kinda crying. AND I COULD NOT STOP. I sat here breathless and SO SO SO humbled.
I’ve been confident in the Lord, never doubting that the funds for this trip will be provided. But to actually sit here and witness the majesty and love God has for me is something I can’t put into words. God decided to break me and humble me in a coffee shop today. I could’ve seen the donation a few days before now but I didn’t. God let me come to him, then said “yeah I think now is a good time to rip her heart out, fill it up with even MORE of my love and show her how big I really am.” It’s just flat out mind blowing…like we can’t even comprehend this insane love we’re held in. But I do know that God’s got me. Forever and ever and ever. It’s so LIBERATING. We are free. We are his and so loved and being held and you guys I could go on and on.
GOD IS SO GOOD.
CHALLENGE of the day, of the hour, for the rest of your life:
“…walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.” -Ephesians 4:1-2
Let’s do this people.
